Research Assistant I

Hospital for Special Surgery•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides overall administrative support for registry/clinical research activities. The Research Assistant I will assist in the synchronization of research activities within CJRC under the direction of the Director of Clinical Research and serves as a liaison between the clinicians, research staff, and other research assistants. The role also involves providing timely reports to the Director, Institutional Review Board, Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health and/or sponsor for each research project. The Research Assistant I contributes to CJRC research through recruitment, data collection, and the development of Clinical Research Forms, ensuring research is conducted accurately and efficiently while meeting all regulatory, institutional, and departmental compliance requirements. This role handles IT communications and generates reports from the registry as needed, facilitates internal documentation for research, and assists in data collection for registry/research-specific studies, including performing measurements and collecting clinical data from patients. Additionally, the Research Assistant I acts as a clinician’s scribe in the operating room to collect intraoperative registry data and maintains professional growth through participation in seminars and training sessions. The role also assists in patient care coordination by ensuring patients complete necessary forms and patient-reported outcomes prior to office visits. The position also involves assisting with contracts, coordinating physician enrollment in managed care plans, ensuring compliance with negotiated contracts, resolving payment issues with Insurance Payors, acting as a liaison between physician offices and Insurance Payors, and scheduling/coordinating/documenting PHO related meetings. This role also includes creating and maintaining tracking logs for Insurance Payor issues, overseeing the PHO phone line, and responding to inquiries.

Requirements

Scientific background required.
Outstanding record of academic achievement and research experience.
0-2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Bachelors EDUCATION REQUIRED
Ability to work collaboratively and effectively on a team with people at all levels of an organization.
Excellent organization skills (ability to manage several concurrent tasks).
Superior oral and written communications skills.
Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, and other potentially infectious materials.

Nice To Haves

Proven record of leadership through extracurricular activities or work.

Responsibilities

Assist in the synchronization of research activities within CJRC under the direction of the Director of Clinical Research and serves as a liaison between the clinicians, research staff, and other research assistants.
Provide overall administrative support for registry/clinical research activities.
Provide timely reports to Director, Institutional Review Board, Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health and/or sponsor for each research project.
Contribute to CJRC research through recruitment process (conducts informed consent process), data collection, and the development and build of Clinical Research Forms.
Assure that research is done in an accurate and efficient manner.
Ensure that all research related regulatory, institutional, and departmental compliance requirements are met as appropriate.
Handle I.T. communications (requests) and generates reports from the registry as needed.
Facilitate completion of all internal documentation needed for research (IRB applications, conflict of interest forms, data collection forms, etc.).
Assist in data collection for registry/research-specific studies including but not limited to the performance of measurements for applicable studies, collection of clinical data from patients directly, and manage the performance of all other duties as put forth in the protocol.
Act as a clinician’s scribe in the operating room in order to collect vital intraoperative registry data during surgical cases.
Maintain and enhance professional growth through participation in seminars, research meetings, ARJR and CJRC grand rounds, and internal training sessions to keep abreast of trends in the field of Arthroplasty research.
Assist in patient care coordination by assuring patients complete CJRC forms and patient reported outcomes prior to office visits.
Assist with contracts.
Assist in the negotiation of physician managed care contracts, analytics, and financial modeling.
Coordinate physician enrollment in managed care plans.
Ensure compliance of managed care companies with negotiated contracts.
Follow up and resolving payment issues with Insurance Payors.
Act as a liaison between physician offices and Insurance Payors.
Schedule, coordinate, and document for all PHO related meetings.
Create and maintain tracking logs for Insurance Payor issues and accountability for closing out items.
Oversee PHO phone line, answer and respond to inquiries, and assist with urgent physician office issues.
Maintain satisfactory attendance record.
Report for duty punctually.
Adjust to changing situations and work assignments.